Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

Witch Georgina's figure tumbled down from the Silent Throne. Her magic pressure also fell back to 9,999, and she unwillingly looked up at the scene above the Silent Throne.

At this moment, she had already lost the qualification to stand on this stage.

She had schemed and prepared meticulously, yet had ultimately fallen just short of success. Three rounds of chained new textile studies spells had been cracked by the other party with a botanical Second Circle spell, Alternation of Generations.

Witch Georgina looked at the third-place result and could not help feeling somewhat lost, beginning to wonder whether she truly had a problem.

At this moment, a hand was placed on her shoulder.

Witch Georgina raised her head and looked at her team leader, the moon ring witch from Bonifacius University. The moon ring witch let out a sigh.

"Georgina, you already did very well. From here on, settle your mind and prepare to break through to becoming a true Second Circle wizard."

"You did not win the championship this time, but that is not your fault. It is simply that the two competitors from Quinn Jol and Golden Crown Mountain, these two outside wizards, were genuinely above the average level of Silent Chalice competitors."

"At your level, in the previous competition you would already have been championship material, but in this one, you could only place third."

The moon ring witch said quietly, "The moment Star Domain Sea chose the magic plan, it was decided jointly by a group of great divination wizards. This time period is the moment of the greatest fortune in the eastern border region over the past millennium."

"So in this millennium, every wizard land will see a constant stream of emerging talents. This time, you simply encountered two exceptions. You have already done very well. I believe no one will blame you."

"I just asked on your behalf, and even the Throne-level wizard was surprised. No one anticipated that someone could use an outdated spell that barely anyone uses anymore, Alternation of Generations, to directly evade the traps of our new textile studies. The Throne-level wizard's evaluation of Locke Augustine was very high, praising him personally as an excellent breeder."

"The Throne-level wizard believes he won against you through a breeder's skill and talent, relying on a profound understanding of botanical magic. If he had competed in the previous Silent Chalice, he would likely have won that competition with ease. The noteworthy thing is that you already posed a certain threat to him."

The moon ring witch said to Witch Georgina, "Do not be too discouraged. You do not have to win in order to earn others' recognition."

"You have already demonstrated the strengths of our new textile studies."

Witch Georgina listened with astonishment as quite a few spectators in the arena began to applaud for her.

Following the tradition of the Silent Chalice, if a competitor was eliminated from the competition and the spectators felt their performance had been worthy of the competition's standards and had given everyone a brilliant Grand Magic modeling display, the spectators would applaud as they exited.

To express gratitude to that wizard for giving everyone a satisfying and impressive Grand Magic modeling showcase.

Witch Georgina had not expected that even having lost, so many wizards would specifically applaud for her and express their admiration.

Quite a few wizard spectators were murmuring to each other, discussing the content of this competition and their own takeaways, marveling at the power of Witch Georgina's new textile studies and the sheer terrifying talent in breeding studies displayed by Locke Augustine.

"This edition of the Silent Chalice is absolutely the highest quality in recent years. That Locke actually managed to evolve a magical plant, for which no Second Circle strain has ever been recorded, into a Second Circle magical plant in such a short time!"

"But just now I genuinely thought Witch Georgina was going to win. I could not figure out how anyone could escape from that new textile studies spell combination."

"Yes. She is incredibly impressive. With 12,000 magic pressure, she played out four Grand Magic Runes. And the new textile studies spell system feels extremely powerful. If she had not met such a brilliant breeder this time, I do not think she would have finished third."

"Well, everyone can see her level. There is no need to judge her purely by competition results. This time Bonifacius University showcasing the new textile studies Grand Magic to the entire Cloud Marsh Wetlands was quite successful. After all, the hard standards are there: 12,000 magic pressure, four Grand Magic Runes, using four Grand Magic Rune-infused Second Circle spells in a short period, and the Fate Loom still managing not to collapse..."

"Energy dissipation rate, energy compatibility, and instantaneous magic pressure multiplier enhancement rate, all at the top level. I imagine going forward, quite a few excellent students will be competing to enter this new textile studies."

Beneath the wooden mask, Witch Georgina's pupils contracted slightly. She had not expected that even in third place, she had still received recognition from everyone.

She had still completed the task that Bonifacius University had entrusted to her.

At least the basic requirements.

The moon ring witch team leader patted her on the shoulder and smiled. "After today, everyone will already remember you, Georgina. You are the witch who wears a wooden mask. Everyone will remember you directly, rather than who your parents are."

Witch Georgina raised her head to look at the sky and said with regret, "Before Locke drove me out of the Silent Plane, in order to use four Grand Magic Rune spells with a Grand Magic of 12,000 magic pressure in a short time, I could only scatter fate turbulence across the Silent Plane to lower the energy dissipation rate of my Fate Loom."

"But in doing so, I may have accelerated Omega's descent onto that plane."

"Looking back now, what I did at the time was somewhat shortsighted. Once my Grand Magic left the Silent Plane, the entire Silent Plane would be completely locked in by Omega."

The moon ring witch said casually, "Your competition is already over. There is no need to concern yourself with so much. Most importantly, based on past competitions reaching this stage, Omega's descent was already unstoppable anyway, and its power was growing at a geometric rate."

"No competitor was able to survive."

"So at this stage, it generally comes down to whose Grand Magic can hold out longer under the apocalypse summoned by Omega. Therefore, even if your actions triggered the apocalypse an hour or two early, it would not have made much difference."

The moon ring witch team leader's pupils flashed with a trace of fear.

"Back then, I was the one who fell in that apocalypse. The apocalypse of a medium-scale plane... even for a Second Circle wizard it is terrifying! And it was an apocalypse brought down by Omega."

"I still have not been able to figure out why Omega's descent speed was so fast. Normal disc creatures do not descend to a plane so quickly, and it would not be so completely unstoppable from beginning to end."

"It was as though the planar barrier simply did not exist for it. Perhaps that is the disc creature's special ability."

A flash of frightened unease crossed the moon ring witch's eyes.

Not far away, Quinn Jol's sun ring wizard Wizard Rush, the team leader, gave a cold snort, seeming to have thought of something unpleasant, his expression cold and indifferent.

"If I were to encounter something like this again now, a mere apocalypse brought down by a disc creature..."

Wizard Chad raised an eyebrow and showed an expression of exasperation.

"Who talks like that about things from their childhood after they have grown up?"

For a sun ring wizard, an ordinary Second Circle wizard was like their own child.

Team Leader Chad smiled. "Even if Omega's true body stood right in front of you right now, it could no longer do anything to you. But now it is only Locke and Edgar left, Rush brother. Who do you think will win this time?"

Wizard Rush glared at Wizard Chad. He had been about to say something, but when he thought of the power of Locke's Moon of Evolution, he suddenly felt a pang of uncertainty.

The Lunar Cultivation Method was simply too impressive, so he was not confident in saying that Edgar would be the one to take the championship.

So he could only glare at Wizard Chad.

"Ten years have passed, and you are still only a moon ring wizard. Back then I already felt your mind was too active, that you struggled to focus on specialized research."

Wizard Chad curled his lip. "I am already working very hard. Working 24 hours a day!"

Wizard Rush looked as though he had heard the funniest joke of his life. "What? A distinguished moon ring great wizard like yourself, and you only work 24 hours a day?"

"Ridiculous. No wonder you are still only moon ring after ten years!"

"I use projections to conduct research for at least 72 hours every day! Research ultimately depends on talent, but it also depends on physical endurance. Without endurance and time investment, how do you publish articles, take on projects, and earn titles?"

Wizard Rush looked at Wizard Chad with an expression that said, you are too lazy.

Wizard Chad was infuriated beyond words.

At this moment, the moon ring witch looked at Witch Georgina, who was listening with a look of astonishment, and said, "You will soon be joining the Second Circle club too, so I will welcome you to our Second Circle club early. Welcome to the more real wizard world."

The moon ring witch took Witch Georgina to sit and rest in the spectator section, while looking back toward the direction of the Silent Throne.

After she had relayed the events to the Third Circle Throne-level wizard from Bonifacius University, he had spoken very highly of the breeder named Locke.

At the same time, he had also mentioned one point.

Locke's Grand Magic was deeply linked to a special breeder's cultivation method, and the magical plants cultivated through this method, based on the situation at the time, should be gaining some kind of field bonus.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Locke had still had enough magical power to resist within the new textile studies traps, allowing him to avoid being eliminated right away.

But this also meant that Golden Crown Mountain had produced a very special breeding genius.

This person's talent and level in the breeding field would, in the not-too-distant future, continue to shine brilliantly across the Cloud Marsh Wetlands.

After all, Locke still had over four years remaining in his Veriditas Institute career at Golden Crown Mountain. Even accounting for early graduation, he still had the special grant and the key individual sub-projects to obtain.

These two could be said to be funds that even Second Circle wizards would have reason to pursue, since they were tied to Veriditas Institute status rather than being limited to First Circle wizards.

After all, the Second Circle world was so harsh that generally no wizard would choose not to claim these special benefits for First Circle wizards.

And this meant that their Bonifacius University might have future occasions requiring cooperation with Locke.

The new textile studies and the Rose Council's magical weavers had now openly fallen out, and there would be a large number of academic standing battles to come in the future.

Building goodwill with a breeding genius would be very necessary.

Because many new textile materials were extracted from magical plants.

And especially since she had heard that the other party had conflicts with certain people on the Rose Council's side because of the wizard shoes. After all, the wizard shoe market had in the past always been the domain of the Rose Council and its affiliated wizard organizations.

The moon ring witch looked at the torrential rain visible in the Silent Plane's image on the screen, that scene of the sky collapsing inward.

"I wonder who will end up winning the championship this time. The Throne-level wizard told me to make contact with Edgar as well if the opportunity arises. Someone who can cultivate the Perfect Treant demonstrates that his talent in breeding studies is also not bad. He is simply more specialized, and not quite on the level of the Augustine breeder."

...

In the Silent Plane, torrential rain poured down, a celestial river reversed course, the earth cried out, and countless cities were submerged.

This was the apocalypse.

Locke and Edgar looked at each other across the sky. Now only they remained. Only the two of them.

At this moment, a celestial river was also descending on the realm's side.

The great flood was going to submerge the entire Silent Plane.

At the same time, the Perfect Tree treant suddenly activated All Things Return to the Tree against the great flood, drawing massive amounts of water toward its root system.

This temporarily eased the damage the great flood was causing to this plane.

At the same time, large amounts of water vapor were converted into magical tides. Leaf after leaf fell, and then Edgar activated Life Spear Formation.

Life Long Spear after Life Long Spear launched upward toward Omega's blue ring of light in the sky.

Omega let out a loud laugh. "The apocalypse shall inevitably come!"

"Hahahahaha, drowning the world..."

Edgar gave a cold snort. With the help of his two assistants, he had already incorporated a Grand Magic Rune into his third spell. That spell was the Second Circle upgrade of Same Breath Connected Branches, Intertwined Branches and Connected Roots.

Intertwined Branches and Connected Roots allowed a wizard's two botanical magic spells to combine their effects, so that using one spell model was equivalent to using two simultaneously, with both spell models' effects completely layered.

He used Intertwined Branches and Connected Roots to link Life Piercing Kill with Life Spear Formation. This meant that every branch folded down from the Perfect Treant's crown and fired outward was not a First Circle Life Long Spear, but a Second Circle Life Long Spear combined with Life Piercing Kill.

Over a hundred Second Circle-level spells simultaneously pierced through Omega's eerie blue light and struck toward its continuously descending true body.

The Perfect Treant launched continuous attacks.

Edgar was exploiting this combination in such a way that if the Grand Magic itself were not up to standard, it would have been useless.

After all, no matter how powerful a spell infused with a Grand Magic Rune was, it still relied on the Grand Magic itself to operate. Just as Witch Georgina had used four Grand Magic Rune spells in succession and the Fate Loom had come close to destruction.

But at this moment, Edgar was using All Things Return to the Tree to absorb massive amounts of floodwater, continuously generating magical tides without interruption. This mechanism allowed him to forcibly sustain this magic for a prolonged period.

This caused such a powerful magic to exist for an extended time, like a giant blade fired at the horizon.

Edgar could see it clearly. 'Although this move is powerful, the Perfect Treant's own energy dissipation rate is also rising.'

'If it continues without stop, the treant will collapse and rot. It will start rotting from the virtual roots first, then...'

'And this move still cannot deal with Locke. His Moon of Evolution is the ultimate counter to other botanical wizards. If I attack him with it, he will just awaken more treants.'

Edgar looked toward the disc creature at the horizon.

"In the end, why is that disc creature descending so quickly? If I cannot resolve this problem, I am truly not satisfied."

"Something must be wrong somewhere. First, block those monsters in the great flood from getting close, and hold on as long as possible."

At this moment, on the other side, Locke held the climbing fern in hand, surrounded by a large number of realm treants that had walked out to protect him.

Because at this moment both the realm treants and the climbing fern in his hand had already adapted to the Fallen Rain Realm, Locke was very much at ease.

After all, due to environmental adaptation, the problems were not very great.

Only...

He himself could keep adapting all the way, playing cards and enjoying himself in the Fallen Rain Realm and against Omega, but the Silent Plane could not.

This plane was already facing the apocalypse.

Locke thought, "This cannot continue. If the apocalypse comes, where will I find shelter?"

"I should... wait..."

Locke felt a tremor in his heart. It felt as though some bloodline within him was rapidly developing toward the Second Circle, and the advanced meditation method in his consciousness sea suddenly activated on its own, causing him to connect to the Natural Plane.

"It is the Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat... what is happening? Have I unknowingly fulfilled all the conditions for a Three-Eyed Tiger Eye Cat to advance to a Second Circle creature?"